Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-11-30

any Republican candidate for President
ever received.
1t is true that he did not carry New
York. but he received higher uote than
ana Republican erer received IN that
State.
IT is true that Blaine was defeated in
New York by majority of LOAF; but it
Is also true that the majority against the
Repu blicans in New York was Is, 600 the
the wear before, and $4,000 two years
before, and $4,000 IN 1885, 5000 in 1886,
and 10000 in 1887.
Blaine therefore has carried more
strength in New York than any Republi-
can that ran in the state before or since.
Having, therefore, shown that he has
the necessary strength outside of New
York, and that be has greater strength
than any man who has ever run in New
York, lie must be accepted as our strong
est candidate, unless good reasons can be
shown for believing that some other man
is more popular.
Lincoln and Grant have been spoken
Of The fate of Grant at the late election
has shown that the people do not take to
the idea OF electing men for what their
fathers bave doue, and their candidacy is
10 longer question.
Allison is not popular leader, Il ough
an excellent man He would have no
strength in New York beyond the regular
party sire myth.
Sherman, it is said, can carry more
votes in New York taan Blaine on &C
count of his record as hnancier. But il
would be fatal to run him on such a re-
cord, for nothing would defeat him sooner
than to be heralded as the candidate OF
the tinanciers OF New York City. And
there is nothing else cited to prove that
he would be popular 10 New York. On
the contrary, he has never been able to
develop any strength in that state. While
he has been two or three times a cand
date for President he has never been aole
to get respectable showing of delegates
from New York, while Blaine has carried
a large majority of them. Certainly this
ought to he taken as an indication ct the
popularity of these two men in the state.
Sherman would carry no material vote
In New York that Blaine would not,
while Blaine wonld carry 10000 Irish
votes in New York City that Sherman
could not get Therefore, as between
these two, Blaine is much the stronger in
that pivotal state.
But Blaine has shown that he is stronger
than the party in New York. He not
only carried the largest vote that any Re
publican ever carried in the state, but his
vote in 1884 exceeded by over 1000 the
combined votes OF the Republican cand-
dates tor congress in New York that year.
There is nothing, therefore, to Indicate
that Blaine is not the strongest candidate
we could nominate, even for New York.
But his opposers say he was beaten in
New York in 1884 by Cleveland, and he
would be beaten by Cleveland again But
this is said without reason or facts to sup
port it.
Who is thtre who is intelligent and
candid who does not believe that Ceve-
land during his administration has driven
off from his support ten times the number
OF his majority over Blaine?
There are his pension vetoes and his
Rebel-f e order; his fishing Decoration
Dav; his sighting of the memory of Lin
coin; his honorS to Jake Thompson, Gen.
Sydney Johnston, and Calhoun; the Gar
land scandal; the failure to distribute the
surplus revenue; the failure to keep the
promise to reduce the tariff taxes: the
Identification of bis Administration with
free trade; the treatment of Dakota; the
failure to carry out civll-service reform,
aud the Identification OF the Administra-
ton with the boodlers in Baltimore, Gin
cinna,i, and New York; the failure to
bring the good cid times that were pro-
nil ed; the dissatisfaction OF those who
expected and didn't get office-these and
many other things have made enemies to
his Administration while not thing has
it accomplished that would win & vote
that Mr.. Cleveland did not carry in 1884.
Aside from these considerations, there
is the fact that there is no Republican
Administration, in power to work against
Blaine; there will be no Delmonico din
ner and no BurcEard bIupder, without
either OF which Blaine would have been
elected in 1884.
When, therefore, a Republican saws
Blaine cannot carry New York in 1883
he shuts his eyes to the facts and speaks
without reason.